"Senior Xia, do you know the cultivation method of the 360 apertures?" Xia Chen smiled and said, "Don't you know the location of that cultivation method? You might have missed it this time, but you only need to wait ten years." "Ten years? I'm better off deriving it myself." He sounded very arrogant. Xia Chen said nothing about that. Perhaps Su Yu could really do so. Of course, the premise of success was surviving the process itself. At worst, he could activate the formation after ten years. At the time, he might have grown enough to do so without external help. Suddenly, Su Yu lost all interest in Xia Chen. This guy did not seem to know too much. He had not received a proper answer for any of his more important questions. Having guessed Su Yu's thoughts, Wan Tiansheng was left quite speechless. After a short pause, he said, "Senior Xia, is there nothing left from the previous epochs in the Human Realm?" "Hmm..." Xia Chen thought about it and said, "It's hard to say. Almost everything was exhausted during the ninth epoch. But since there is still a tenth epoch, I believe not everything is gone. Otherwise, humanity would have been destroyed during the previous defeat." Since humanity was still around, there was still hope. A true defeat would mean the elimination of humanity as a whole. With nothing else to ask, Su Yu looked at Liu Hong and said, "Teacher, do you have anything to say?" Liu Hong asked in astonishment, "Me? But Senior Xia already said all I know!" Su Yu smiled and said, "Senior Xia, have you told him that you would regain your memories after consuming Culture King's token? Have you told him about the death summoning token?" Xia Chen thought about it and shook his head. Liu Hong said awkwardly, "I learned that from an ancient book." "Did you wipe your ass with it?" Su Yu smiled and said, "Teacher, try to use a better excuse next time. Try something like learning it from a mysterious grandpa in a dream. That's a lot more believable." Liu Hong said helplessly, "Fine, fine. I'll come clean. You're right. A mysterious grandpa told me in a dream. I suspect that was a human expert who was unwilling to accept defeat. He must have been trying to train me in secret." Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, "If it wasn't for your contribution this time, I would have fed you to the death spirits for this." "Death spirits don't normally eat that much." He Tu said, "Why are you talking like all death spirits are foodies? Death spirits are only interested in the blood and flesh of the strong. Stop using us to scare others." Su Yu rolled his eyes again. Why was He Tu joining this conversation? Liu Hong's tone turned even more helpless as he said, "See, you won't believe me no matter what I say." Content originally comes from novｅlfire.net "Didn't you claim that Culture King has a residence in the Death Realm? Where is it?" "Not here." Liu Hong explained, "And we can only locate it with Culture King's token. Now that the first principal has eaten the token, the residence is forever lost." Xia Chen nodded, "Yes, I was the one who had left the token behind. It is indeed related to the Culture King's residence. I don't remember more, but I'll try to figure out more." Liu Hong spread his hands out and said, "See? It no longer has anything to do with me." Su Yu asked, "What about Marquis Qishan? Does anyone know about him? Where did he come from?" Liu Hong remained silent while Xia Chen started rubbing his head. With an uncertain tone, He Tu said, "He probably came from across the Celestial River of Death. I'm unsure. I seldom visit that place. I tried a few times, but I was stopped from crossing. The damn old turtle would stop me with some random excuses each time I tried. After failing multiple times to cross the river, I stopped trying." "General Grand Dream is doing this for your own good." Xia Chen said, "Things might get dangerous for you over there. I sensed something dangerous across the river when I fought Marquis Qishan earlier. I suspect there are supreme experts there." Xia Chen continued, "During the ancient past, the Human Emperor had appointed some officials in the Death Realm as well. There might be some ancient past death spirits over there." Su Yu said curiously, "Since there were appointments, the Death Realm was evidently under the management of the Human Emperor as well. Why would there be a need for a Spirit Suppression General, then?" Before He Tu could say anything, Xia Chen answered, "That's normal. Not all death spirits are willing to obey. For example, you could keep your wealth somewhere and warn everyone against stealing from you. But what if you left it alone? Someone would still try to steal from you." Understanding dawned on Su Yu. He said, "In short, these guardians are here to suppress the more unruly death spirits, not the entire Death Realm." "Yes. And it's not an easy job." Xia Chen said, "People die all the time. This place will constantly receive new experts. How can this be an easy place to suppress? The guardians only need to prevent these death spirits from leaving. As for the affairs in the Death Realm itself, they don't care. The Human Emperor had appointed some other people to manage the Death Realm. Unfortunately, the collapse of the ancient past has forced the guardians to remain at their jobs for countless years." Su Yu had no other questions. He could ask more, but Xia Chen might not have the answer. Even if Xia Chen had the answer, he might not be willing to answer those questions. After a slight hesitation, Wan Tiansheng asked, "Senior Xia Chen and Senior He Tu, have you heard of a death spirit who was around as strong as me before dying? A death spirit that might have advanced straight into the Eternal Realm after rising. He might even have the strength of a sixth-degree Eternal after rising again." "Ye Batian?" He Tu smiled, "Are you looking for him?" Xia Chen did not know that name as he had only awakened from the river recently. Wan Tiansheng nodded, "Yes. Have you seen him around?" "No." He Tu said, "It won't be easy to find. You have no idea where he would awaken. You also can't be sure if he has even awakened. Perhaps he's still in the river. Perhaps he was never brought to the Death Realm in the first place. Of course, it is likely for him to be somewhere in the Death Realm due to his genius. These geniuses are quite welcomed by the Death Realm. But without his memories, nobody would know his identity. Perhaps he had died again after awakening. You never know." As Xia Chen looked at them in confusion, Wan Tiansheng explained, "A student of Principal Nan." "Wujiang's student?" Xia Chen asked blankly, "Yun Chen?" He recalled seeing Yun Chen in the Luminous Domain Mansion. "No, a younger student." "I don't know him..." Wan Tiansheng said, "That's to be expected. That student was accepted late. He was very talented. He managed to kill fourth-degree Eternals before affirming his dao. But eventually, he was killed." Xia Chen was surprised to hear that. "Was he killed by the traitor you're looking for?" "You can say so. He died to the traitor's ploy." Xia Chen sighed, "What a pity that I didn't manage to kill them all back then. Things wouldn't have been so troublesome otherwise." He looked at Wan Tiansheng and asked, "Are you...a multiple character cultivator as well?" "Yes. Senior Brother Yun Chen taught me on behalf of his teacher." Xia Chen was very surprised. This was a super genius as well. When he looked at Su Yu, Su Yu shrugged and said, "I am the student of a student of Ye Batian, the fifth principal." That was correct if he counted Bai Feng as his teacher. Xia Chen was dumbstruck. So all these people were multiple character cultivators. He had been suspecting the same, but he was still shocked as he exclaimed, "Is Culture King's line...really returning?" These were a bunch of monsters. Su Yu shrugged again and said, "That's hard to say. I'm good at physical cultivation. My willpower cultivation is nothing impressive. Truth be told, Culture King's legacy doesn't feel too impressive. My physical cultivation is at least ten times stronger." Su Yu added, "Senior, do you still want your Willpower Grotto? Can you give it to me? I need it to extract some willpower..." "Sure." Xia Chen agreed readily. He was dead. Why would he care about that? "Since you want it, just take it. I handed that character to Xia Wushen back then before succumbing to my injuries. Did he take it back to Great Xia?" "Sure. Just tell him to hand it to you." Su Yu smiled, "Thank you, Senior. But I need a proof of your agreement, right? Great Xia King wouldn't agree so easily otherwise." Xia Chen thought about it, hesitated slightly, and said, "He has no way of coming here. I don't have anything on me. Just tell him that...he once carved something on his childhood saber: Xia Wushen is the number one pretty boy in the world. I am the only one aware of this apart from him. Tell him this and he will believe you. He destroyed that saber at sixteen to erase all proof of his shameful past." Su Yu nodded. That would no longer be a secret. But he wasn't even surprised to hear it. Xia Wushen. The one who had named his cultivation method the Sky Sundering Countless Saber. It wouldn't be surprising for him to have a serious case of eighth-grade syndrome during his youth. Since he had received the agreement of the original owner, the Willpower Grotto was as good as his now.